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1st artificial satellite in space
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first U.S. citizen in space
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first human in space
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destination: venus
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first U.S. citizen to orbit the earth
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landed gently on the moon's surface indicating that the moon's surface could support spacecrafts and humans
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final stage of the U.S. program to reach the moon, landed on the Earth's surface
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destination: jupiter
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destination: mars
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destination: Venus